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Scottsdale council agrees to consider youth petition to add e-cigarettes to smoke-free ordinance
Summary
Members of the Scottsdale Mayor's Youth Council and the Scottsdale Youth Substance Abuse Coalition urged the City Council to amend the city's smoke-free ordinance to include e-cigarettes; Mayor Lisa Borowski moved to agendize the petition for future council discussion and the motion passed.
Members of the Scottsdale Mayor's Youth Council and the Scottsdale Youth Substance Abuse Coalition asked the City Council on May 20 to update the city's smoke-free ordinance to explicitly prohibit use of e-cigarettes in public places and places of employment.
The request, presented by Desert Mountain High School student Sadanth "Sid" Gupta on behalf of the youth groups, asked the council to "amend the Scottsdale Smoke Free Ordinance" so that the definitions of "smoking" and "smoking devices" include e-cigarettes. Gupta said the change was motivated by…
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